HURON served Canada honorably during the latter part of the Second World War. Commissioned on July 19, 1943, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, she was assigned, like HAIDA, to the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla of the British Home Fleet. As part of Operation Holder, she made a trip in October of 1943 to Murmansk with technical personnel and special naval stores. For the rest of the year, HURON escorted convoys to and from North Russia. In February 1944, after one more trip to Murmansk, she joined the 10th Flotilla for pre-invasion duties, spending the next seven months in the Channel. On April 25 and 26, 1944, HURON was involved in a 'scrap' with German Elbing-class destroyers in the English Channel. After the action, she and ASHANTI collided and the results damaged HURON's port hull and the main bulkhead between #1 and #2 boiler rooms. HURON managed to return safely to Plymouth and repairs were completed on May 7th, just in time for D-Day operations. HURON arrived in Nova Scotia for a refit on August 13th, 1944. It was completed and her sea trials were over by November 20. She arrived in Cardiff for new radar and target indication equipment. During February and March 1945, she was assigned to escort duties in the Western Approaches. In April, Hurons, HAIDA and Iroquois escorted their last convoy to Russia. After sharing in the liberation of Scandinavia, all three returned to Halifax in preparation for service in the Pacific. Their refits were suspended in August and HURON was placed on reserve. She was paid off on March 9th, 1946.
- Scale: 1/700
- Item Type: Static Kit
- Model Brief:
- Length: 164.4mm
- Beam: 15.9mm
- Total Parts: 92pcs
- Total Sprues: 5 sprues plus the upper hull, lower hull, waterline plate, deck